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(442609) 2012 KU42

Summary

(442609) 2012 KU42 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (442609) 2012 KU42 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey[2].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[4].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Catalina Station[5].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid[6].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[7].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 KU42[8].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-05-25T00:00:00Z[9].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20442609[10].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.5143751896530705'}[11].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.6'}[12].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.9693439083403'}[13].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1193.007838343241'}[14].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+136.1697749896104'}[15].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.201387925943819'}[16].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.33372725785115'}[17].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.069048594036488'}[18].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+207.8250450151552'}[19].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+326.5962885080335'}[20].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12z659p89[21].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet442609Provisional2012KU42"][22].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 442609[23].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[24].
  • (442609) 2012 KU42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460911.1969156656'}[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid[3] and near-Earth object[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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